This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot verify custody, release someone, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. Contact the appropriate public office directly for those services.
Jail, Sheriff, and FOIL Contacts
The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Corrections are at 4000 Main Street, Troy, NY 12180. The Sheriff’s main number is 518-266-1900, the jail number is 518-266-1730, and the non-emergency number is 518-270-5252. The Sheriff’s page describes a 24-hour operation, but it does not provide a current public inmate roster.
For a written public-record request, use the county’s FOIL request form. The FOIL Officer is reached at 518-270-2984 or FOILrequests@rensco.com. Mail or deliver a request to Office of the Rensselaer County Attorney, Attention FOIL Officer, 99 Troy Road, East Greenbush, NY 12061. State the name, date range, agency, incident details, and exact record sought.
- Use the county records path for a county booking record or photograph, if maintained and legally releasable.
- Contact the arresting municipal police department for an incident report or local police record.
- Use the court or clerk for a docket, disposition, or court-record question.
- For an immediate emergency, call 911 rather than a records office.
Other Custody and Records Routes
Different custodians hold different records. A county-jail matter is not automatically a state-prison, federal, or immigration-custody record. Check the custody state before submitting personal information or relying on a name match.
- The New York DOCCS Inmate Lookup covers state correctional custody, not a new local booking.
- The BOP Inmate Locator is for federal custody.
- The ICE Online Detainee Locator is a separate federal immigration-custody tool.
- For custody-status notifications, DOCCS points eligible users to VINE/VINELink at 1-888-VINE-4-NY.
- The Rensselaer Supreme and County Court is at 80 Second Street, Troy, NY 12180, phone 518-285-5025.